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Dean third-most intense hurricane ever
Aug 21 2007 11:18PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Dean was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since record keeping began in the 1850s, based on its central atmospheric pressure, forecasters said.
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Dean bears down on Mexico's oil industry
Aug 21 2007 11:11PM (CT)
MAJAHUAL, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
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Dean bears down on Mexico's oil industry
Aug 21 2007 11:11PM (CT)
MAJAHUAL, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
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Dean bears down on Mexico's oil industry
Aug 21 2007 11:11PM (CT)
MAJAHUAL, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane Dean swept across the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, toppling trees, power lines and houses as it bore down on the heart of Mexico's oil industry. Glitzy resorts on the Mayan Riviera were spared, but vulnerable Mayan villages were exposed to the full fury of one of history's most intense storms.
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Venezuela Congress OKs Chavez's reforms
Aug 21 2007 10:07PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's National Assembly, dominated by allies of President Hugo Chavez, gave unanimous initial approval Tuesday to constitutional reforms that would allow him to run for re-election and possibly govern for decades to come.
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Mexico's Pemex evacuates rigs for Dean
Aug 21 2007 4:11PM (CT)
POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) - Most of Mexico's offshore oil and gas production shut down Tuesday as a weakened Hurricane Dean swirled into the Gulf of Mexico. Skeleton crews kept oil flowing near the central coast, where Dean was expected to make landfall as a stronger storm Wednesday.
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9 Guatemala adoption babies hospitalized
Aug 21 2007 2:03PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Nine of 46 babies taken into custody by Guatemalan authorities after police raided an adoption home catering to Americans have been hospitalized with respiratory problems, officials said Tuesday.
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US tries to woo Latin American students
Aug 21 2007 3:51AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Heightened security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has made it harder for Latin American students to get visas to study in America, but Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is visiting Chile and Brazil this week in an attempt to woo them back.
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US tries to woo Latin American students
Aug 21 2007 3:51AM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Heightened security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has made it harder for Latin American students to get visas to study in America, but Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is visiting Chile and Brazil this week in an attempt to woo them back.
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Peru quake victims face uncertain future
Aug 21 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Peru (AP) - Life was hard enough for most people in this desert region of farmers and fishermen devastated by last week's deadly earthquake. They eked out only a day-to-day existence.
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Peru quake victims face uncertain future
Aug 21 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Peru (AP) - Life was hard enough for most people in this desert region of farmers and fishermen devastated by last week's deadly earthquake. They eked out only a day-to-day existence.
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Peru quake victims face uncertain future
Aug 21 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Peru (AP) - Life was hard enough for most people in this desert region of farmers and fishermen devastated by last week's deadly earthquake. They eked out only a day-to-day existence.
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Peru quake victims face uncertain future
Aug 21 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Peru (AP) - Life was hard enough for most people in this desert region of farmers and fishermen devastated by last week's deadly earthquake. They eked out only a day-to-day existence.
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Peru quake victims face uncertain future
Aug 21 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Peru (AP) - Life was hard enough for most people in this desert region of farmers and fishermen devastated by last week's deadly earthquake. They eked out only a day-to-day existence.
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U.S. deports sanctuary movement's symbol
Aug 21 2007 1:06AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her American-born son was deported from the United States to Mexico, where she vowed Monday to continue her campaign to change U.S. immigration laws.
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U.S. deports sanctuary movement's symbol
Aug 21 2007 1:06AM (CT)
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her American-born son was deported from the United States to Mexico, where she vowed Monday to continue her campaign to change U.S. immigration laws.
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